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It resulted in a chaotic scramble in the final minutes, when replacement fly-half Marty Banks potted a penalty to give the Highlanders a one-point edge. Highlanders players celebrate their team's 23-22 victory over the British & Irish Lions in Dunedin. Whatever they said has clearly paid dividends for the front rower, who looked as dynamic as any New Zealand forward. (more...)

The Nevada State Athletic Commission added the date in question to their upcoming professional calender as Mayweather Promotions were reportedly gearing up to host the event at the boxing capital. "According to our website, Mayweather Promotions has submitted requests for events on June 20, July 29 and August 26, 2017", Bennett exclusively confirmed to World Boxing News on Tuesday. (more...)

What's next: Game 6 in Sunday night in Nashville, where the Predators are 9-1 in the playoffs. Saros didn't have much luck either, thanks to the reappearance of the high-level offensive efficiency that got the Penguins to this point. Rinne insisted his confidence isn't shaken though he was disappointed with Thursday's result. "He was doing some UFC move on my foot", Crosby said. (more...)

Rafael Nadal is well-known as a sporting person during interviews but even a person like him took a dig at the umpire during the post-match conference which speaks volumes about his disgust. Nadal responded when asked about the London terrorist attack that left seven people dead and dozens more injured. "It's bad to hear these kind of things, all around", Nadal said. (more...)

Nadal will return to action after a one-week break at the Aegon Championships in London which will be his first tournament on grass leading up to the second Grand Slam of the year - the Wimbledon championships. In an effort to extend his career, Federer opted to skip the European claycourt swing this season to prepare for the grass and Wimbledon , which he has won seven times, most recently in 2012. (more...)

The Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 on Monday to win their second National Basketball Association championship in three seasons and cap a near-perfect run through the playoffs. Just a proud moment, something you'll never forget. "And they showcased that throughout the postseason and we were another opponent in their way", he added. (more...)

Before running into the buzz saw that is the Warriors, the Cavs rolled through the Eastern Conference playoffs, going 12-1 and putting up the best offensive efficiency in the history of the postseason through the first three rounds - even besting the "Showtime" Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s. (more...)

The last was the best, coming at the end of a long series of phases in the Highlanders' 22 after the Lions had pressurised the hosts from a restart. No replacement will be called-up, reducing the touring party to 40 players. "There were a couple of scrums, a couple of big moments at lineout time and we have missed three points, they have kicked three points, and that has been the difference of the game". (more...)

Her first word at the event being held in Washington D.C. was wambenger - a widely distributed Australian pouched mouse. He sailed through rounds by correctly spelling words like "radiolarian" and "taxonomic", according to news reports . (more...)

LeBron James may be the game's greatest player but the manner in which his Cleveland Cavaliers were dispatched in the NBA Finals on Monday may have signaled that his championship window has been slammed shut. Over the span of seven minutes and six seconds, and with the Cavs up eight, Golden State pulled away with a 28-4 run in which Cleveland missed nine of 11 shots and everyone from David West to Green, Durant, Curry, and Iguodala pitched in on the scoring efforts as the Warriors ... (more...)

With Fleury's no-move clause, Pittsburgh would have to protect the 32-year-old at the risk of losing Matt Murray . It turned out to be a shrewd move. Fleury came to the team when they were rebuilding, desperate for a star. For the Penguins, this answers one of the most glaring questions that surrounded their team throughout the entire 2016 offseason and 2016-17 season. (more...)

Lorenzo Cain's triple ended McCuller's no-hit bid. The run tied the game at 1-1 in the seventh after the Astros scored a run in the sixth inning. Altuve's home run was off Kelvin Herrera (1-2) after Josh Reddick walked on four pitches. (more...)

By contrast, NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant , who joined the Warriors last July, has a supporting cast that won a record-setting 73 regular season games last season. In 2015, when the Warriors won in six games to end their franchise's 40-year title drought, it was the absence of Love (shoulder injury) and the Game 1 knee injury to Kyrie Irving that left so many lamenting the timing of it all. (more...)

The Golden State Warriors eliminated the Cleveland Cavaliers , 129-120, to claim the National Basketball Association championship. The Cavs made just 12 of their 44 three-pointers, including 3-for-18 on corner three-pointers and it took big shots from Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant at the end of Game 3 while the Cavs stumbled. (more...)

Midway through the 3rd quarter, Draymond Green was called for a technical foul after disagreeing with a personal-foul call and expressing his disapproval by waving his arm at an official. "No, I don't really pay no much attention", he said. "I just gave my thoughts". Green already did not think Cleveland rocks after Game 3, when video surfaced of his mother, Mary Babers-Green, getting into it with a Cavs fan. (more...)

This time, James and Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving dragged the team to one dominant victory, in Game Four, while they blew an 11-point lead in Game Three. That's something I talked about coming into the league, wanting to do it year in and year out. He's the only guy that can look me eye to eye and I knew it was going to be a battle. (more...)

Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal in action during the ICC Champions Trophy , Group A match between Australia and Bangladesh at The Oval in London . Australia reached 83-1 to close to within 100 runs of a comfortable victory over Bangladesh , only for bad weather to abandon play and force them to settle for a point. (more...)

The Warriors took the lead at the 6:37 mark in the second quarter, and although Cleveland made some formidable runs, getting within three points early in the fourth quarter, Golden State didn't let up until the final buzzer sounded and the confetti fell from the rafters. (more...)

A hostile crowd, smog and sometimes heat help create among soccer's bigger homefield advantages at Azteca, which has been reduced from 120,000 capacity to 87,000 during several renovations. The Americans will resume their qualifying schedule in early September against Costa Rica at home and Honduras on the road. At the start of US national soccer team training camp in Denver, Bruce Arena told his players they shouldn't expect a normal routine. (more...)

The former Grambling star player and coach, Williams led the Redskins to a Super Bowl XXI 42-10 victory over the Denver Broncos . It appears that Allen is the boss of everyone else in the front office, and so it will ultimately be Allen's call, with Williams as his right-hand man. (more...)